Guidelines for managing bio-medical waste.

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Chapter 7 PREVENTION, NOTIFICATION AND TREATMENT OF COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND NOTIFIABLE COMMUNICABLE DISEASES

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(1) The Government and the Public Health Officer , as directed by the Government, shall have the power to issue guidelines as they deem necessary for the management of bio-medical waste and to prevent the spread of any infection from such waste and for the proper disposal of such waste and also have the power to execute, implement and to undertake them through the District Public Health Officer and the Local Public Health Officer.
(2) In managing bio-medical waste each medical practitioner and public-private healthcare institution shall be responsible to follow the practices as referred to in the guidelines issued under sub-section (1): Provided that nothing in the section shall contravene any of the provisions contained in sections 6 and 25 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (No.29 of 1986).
(3) Any medical practitioner and public-private healthcare institutions, who fails to comply with the guidelines issued under sub-section (1) shall be liable to fine as specified in section 65.

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